Sanitary garbage-can.



H. BAGHOWSKI & R. COHEN.

SANITARY GARBAGE CAN.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.16,, 1912.

Patented 001;. 27, 1914.

carries era res ferric- HARRY BACHUWSKI AND BEEN CGHEN, @"E NEVT YUR'K, N. Y.

SANITARY GARBAGE-CAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented (lot. at, iota.

Applieationfiled August 16, 1912. Serial N o. 715,4825.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, HARRY Baorrowsnr and Remnant Conan, citizens of the United,

States, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful improvements in Sanitary GarbageCans, of"

A still further object is to provide a recep-.

tacle of this character, whereby its contents may be more readily emptied than those now on the market. I 1

To these ends the invention consists in the novel details of construction and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claim'. I

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which like numerals designate like parts in all the viewsz-Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the improved garbage can. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan View of the same, and Fig. 4 is a vertical cross sectional viewof the bottom portion of the receptacle.

The-receptacle 1 is provided at its top and bottom edges with the strengthening bands 2 and 3, to which are secured the vertical strengthening ribs 4:. The top 5 is provided with an opening .6 which is normally sealed by a spring-pressed-cover 7. The cover is pivotally connected to the top by means of the hinges 8 and when it is necessary to deposit garbage in the can,'all that is necessary to do is to lift the cover by means of the handle 9 and deposit the garbage through the'opening 6. When the door is released, even though thrown backbeyond its vertical center, the spring on the hinges will operate to close the door and hold it in its closed or sealed position.

The'downwardly tapering the can is provided with an opening 11 and bottom 10, of

a pair of oppositely disposed parallel guides 12 held to the bottom by the rivets 13. The openingll is normally sealed by a slide door l llocated within the guides and is adapted to be slidably operated by means of a handle vided with lugs 16 which are adapted to contact with the lugs l'i' struck up from the guides when the door is moved to its open position ,The contacting of these lugs prevents the door from being entirely removed from the receptacle and thereby becoming misplaced or lost. The provision of the door in the bottom of the can, of course, facilitates the dumping of its contents; which is accomplished by simply pulling outwardly on the handle 15. To provide for the movement of the door, the bottom edge of the can is cut away as shown at 18 in Fig. 1.

in the construction of the can it will be observed that both the cover and sliding door are located below the plane of the top and'bottom edges, which location serves to protect them during shipment and rough The inner corners of the door are pro From the foregoing it will be seen that with a garbage can constructed in accordance with this invention, the odor of the garbage-is kept confined in the can and the exterior of the can may be kept in a more neat and clean appearance, than those now on the market.

It is obvious that those skilled in the art may vary the details of construction and arrangem ents of parts without departing from the spirit of do not wish to be limited to such features except as may be required by the claim.

What is claimed as new is:

Acan comprising a body. having a synclinal bottom located between its ends, said bottom having a central opening, guides secured directlyto the converging portions of said bottom and located below the opening our invention and therefore we the plane of the door, a handle fixed to the In testimony whereof We aflix our signadoor and disposed toward the opening in tures in presence of tWo Witnesses,

the side of the body, the parts being so ar- HARRY BACHOWSKI. ranged that When the door is in a closed po- REUBEN COHEN.

sition across the opening in the bottom the Witnesses:

outer end of the handle lies Within the pe- 0. JAMES CRONIN,

riphery of the body. J0me A. DONAGHUE. 

